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Updated at 12:21 p.m. ET Scores of private charitable foundations, set up by some of the nation's wealthiest people, received money from the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program, which was created last spring to save jobs at small businesses as the coronavirus tanked the economy. NPR has identified at least 120 foundations that collectively received more than $7.5 million in PPP funding. That's a small slice of the overall program, which disbursed about a half-trillion dollars, but some of the foundations are linked to individuals of considerable means: an oil magnate, a cable tel...

Koenig Private Foundation ($150,521) Letters Foundation AKA Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Program ($268,800) Mission Increase Foundation ($277,320) Niswonger Foundation ($200,529) Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation ($154,800) Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation ($150,900) Richard Diebenkorn Foundation ($157,380) Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation ($103,200) Walt Disney Family Foundation ($146,700) Willard G. Pierce and Jessie M. Pierce Foundation ($156,400) Some of the foundations contacted by NPR said the stock market plunge early this year caused their investment portfolios to decline...

earth's shadow. and we're seeing the first light of our nearby star, the sun showing up on the eastern horizon. and the temperatures, though, are chilly. around the hometown network, it's only in the low to mid 40s in many locations. look at haymarket, prince william county, only 40 degrees there. andrews air force base, prince george's counties, just a chilly 43. leesburg and loudoun county, 43. rockville, montgomery county, it's upper 40s there. much of fairfax county in the mid to upper 40s. all these areas in blue in the 40s. it includes most of virginia, maryland, the eastern sh...

This number. blacks and lahtinos make up 33% of the u.s. population while in prison they make up 58% of the population. hillary shelton is with the naacp washington bureau director and joining me here is pro football hall of famer jim brown, also the president and founder of amer-i-can that focuses on education of at-risk youth. i have to tell you that i told mr. brown last night that he was one of my heroes. i was a tomboy growing up and you're one of my heroes for so many reasons but especially your work with young people. when you look at this number, 58% of the prison population black or l...

viqueira. the meeting is happening, a second one in less than 24 hours. what hope, if any, is there that we'll see a compromise? >> well, i'll tell you, they say sausage and politics, two things you should never watch being made tp made. it would be funny if it weren't so frustrating. we're less than 36 hours away from a possible government shutdown. john boehner and harry reid have been in the west wing for an hour. they are talking to the president for the second time in 24 hours. of course, there was that late night meeting among the three after the president got back late last ni...